In a post on his X account on Friday, Qalibaf reacted to widespread fake news created by American officials aimed at pushing energy prices down.
“They’ve spammed so much fake news trying to push energy prices down that the market’s just numb now. Keep going, nobody’s buying it anymore,” he said.
“The real prices will show up anyway. Powerful? Maybe. But Smart? Not even close,” he further said.
Qalibaf noted that those behind the attempts “burned their fake news card way too early.”
Iran has tightened its restrictions on transit via the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, which is responsible for a fifth of the global oil demand.
The move, which came in response to the February 28 US-Israeli aggression on Iran, caused global oil prices to reach nearly $120 per barrel by the weekend, almost double compared to before the aggression.
However, prices temporarily dropped by as much as 10% on March 23 after Donald Trump, the US president, withdrew from threatening to attack Iran’s electricity sector, a move that could cause a major escalation in the confrontation and lead to further rises in the prices of energy and commodities in the world.
The United States and Israel launched a large-scale and unprovoked war of aggression against Iran on February 28 by assassinating the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, and high-ranking military commanders, despite indirect Tehran-Washington negotiations on Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.
Within the framework of their legitimate response, the Iranian armed forces immediately initiated powerful missile and drone operations against US interests across West Asia and Israeli positions in the occupied territories.
Press TV